Cultural contact zones: Wrocław, Poland

Poland was re-established as a nation after World War I; the city of Wrocław (formerly German Breslau) became Polish after World War II. After massive population transfers of Germans and Poles and after Communist government efforts to erase memories of the regions German past, Polish writers and artists today are recovering Wrocław’s multi-ethnic history and reinvigorating the region as a border zone where cultures meet and identities can multiply.